I need to add a new language in Gedit. The problem is, it is included in Gedit menu of languages now, but its syntax is not highlighted and Gedit is not able to indentify the language just from the ...

have installed Debian Linux, but gedit is not installed along with it. When I attempt to install gedit using apt-get, it prompts to download many packages up to 370 MB, which is strange. I only want ...

I am wanting to build and run a program called dbgen using the external tools. I know that this variable holds the filename, ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍dbgen.c‍‍ :
$GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME
How do I remove the .c ...

Gedit 3.14 in Debian 8 has no window manager decoration and the window cannot be resized. Do I need to install any additional package to make it work or has Gedit become unusable outside of the Gnome ...

In gedit on GNOME 3.14 (Fedora 21), using the mousewheel to scroll results in ordinary scrolling, whereas using the arrow keys or PageUp/PageDown results in smooth scrolling. How can smooth scrolling ...

When I open Gedit in my Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon 64-bit, the syntax highlight is off by default. I can then activate it via the menu, or by saving my file with the correct file extension (e.g., every ...

I'm using Debian Jessie, and xfce desktop environment. I find the look of tabs for other applications, such as chrome, and the file manager (thunar), and terminal (xfce4-terminal), display the active ...

I want to edit /etc/inittab in order to get a login prompt on the serial console once the system boots. By default, inittab file complains to be ro.
I tried both gksudo gedit /etc/inittab and sudo vi ...

On Single Desktop Environment....
I created some custom shortcuts, but currently I want to revert all the changes to default settings (which having no custom changes).
Example: created like CTRL + N ...

I'm using RHEL. Totally new to Linux. I want to insert an image in gedit, but I'm not able to do so. Also I'm unable to install LibreOffice because they are asking for a subscription. Any alternate to ...

I am using FC 19 with the default Gnome setup. Assuming this is Gnome shell, some version 3.
Some common apps have very long menus. An easy example is Gedit and the languages menu. This is so large ...

I want to replace some strings defined by me in gedit, after a word has been completed and/or the document has been saved. For example \ðrac should be replaced with \frac
How do I do this in gedit or ...

I'd like to revert to the fresh gedit on my system. Any idea how to get back to default state? So that all my preferences would be lost as well as having activated only the plugins active by default?
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I almost always use the Insert spaces instead of tabs feature in gedit. The one exception is when writing a Makefile which requires tabs. I don't suppose there is a way to make this option dependent ...

I know how to jump from tab to tab in the text editor frame, but jumping from the text editor (center-right top frame) to the command line (center-right bottom frame) using only the keyboard eludes ...